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Risto Orko
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Born
September 15
,
1899
·
Rauma, Finland
Died
September 29
,
2001
·
Helsinki, Finland
(natural causes)
Birth name
Risto Eliel William Nylund
Mini Bio
Risto Orko was born on September 15, 1899 in Rauma, Finland. He was a producer and production manager, known for
Ne 45000 (1933)
,
Aktivistit (1939)
and
VMV 6 (1936)
. He was married to
Liisa Orko
. He died on September 29, 2001 in Helsinki, Finland.
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Liisa Orko
(1930 - ?)
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He produced over 1,900 short movies and over 2,600 commercials and almost 100 feature films.
He was an honorary member of the Satakuntaine Association .
His death in Helsinki, aged 102, was received with great sadness in his native Finland; thereafter he became known as the "last Finnish Film Tycoon".
He received the Jussi (Finland's premier film industry prize) for his life's work, as well as honorary titles Kauppaneuvos and Professor.
In the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, Suomi-Filmi produced hundreds of films and numerous shorts.
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